New Metal Releases - Aug 15th 2025

Scroll to the bottom of this article to listen to tracks from all of the new releases this week.

Here is the Cutting Edge Metal team’s roundup of this week’s essential new metal releases…

Incite – Savage New Times
Genre: Thrash / Groove Metal
About: With their tightest riffs and darkest grooves yet, Incite unleash Savage New Times, delivering a focused dose of fury that proves they’re still at the top of their game.
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Baest – Colossal
Genre: Death Metal
About: Denmark’s Baest fire back with Colossal, a polished yet brutal fourth album that adds rock-solid hooks to their signature buzzsaw tone.
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Warmen – Band of Brothers
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
About: Finnish powerhouse Warmen drop Band of Brothers, blending virtuosic melodies with razor-sharp riffing in a stunning comeback.
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Unleashed – Fire Upon Your Lands
Genre: Death Metal
About: Swedish legends Unleashed continue their Viking saga with Fire Upon Your Lands, a concept-driven, battle-forged death metal odyssey.
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Grand Cadaver – The Rot Beneath [EP]
Genre: Death Metal
About: Featuring members of Dark Tranquillity and The Halo Effect, Grand Cadaver’s The Rot Beneath EP is a grim, atmospheric strike into the heart of decay.
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Castrator – Coronation of the Grotesque
Genre: Death Metal
About: Castrator return with a vengeance on Coronation of the Grotesque, a devastating sophomore album that tightens their brutal legacy to bone-shredding perfection.
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Compulsed – Amalgamated Anguish
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
About: The brutal death metal debut from South Jersey’s Compulsed, Amalgamated Anguish delivers pure, dissonant mayhem with unexpected compositional finesse.
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Cruel Bomb – Cruel Bomb
Genre: Thrash Metal
About: Raw, fast, and punk-infused thrash—Cruel Bomb is a self-titled debut that tears loose with gritty aggression and street-level attitude from start to finish.
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Call of Charon – Tales of Tragedy
Genre: Deathcore / Metalcore
About: Call of Charon deliver Tales of Tragedy, weaving melodic lethality and breakdown-heavy passages into a dramatic roster of emotional metalcore statements.
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